>>> On 1/16/2009 at 11:20 AM, "CHAPLIN, JAMES (CTR)" <[email protected]> wrote: > We have a security requirement (which is common with Linux) to prevent > ssh login for root (setting PermitRootLogin to no). One problem we > find, as system administrators, we like to use secure copy (remote file > copy program, scp) files between systems. However this will not work for > any root level files, since scp uses ssh to copy files over a network. > Does anyone have a suggested solution or better way around this issue?
While I agree with the principle of no direct root logins, this side effect bugs me to no end, since I do a lot of scp work. The only ways I've found to get around it are to: 1. "scp -p filename [email protected]" and then SSH to the target system, su to root, move the file to the right place and chown it back to what it should be. 2. Create a tar file with the file in it, scp it as the non-root user, SSH to the target system, su to root, untar the file in place. 3. Enable SSL FTP, then get and use an SSL FTP client. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
